The Armed Services YMCA’s Operation Kid Comfort Team was invited to return to the SAIC  this October  and November for additional volunteer projects. At these events, the SAIC employees and volunteer quilters join forces to serve our deployed military service member’s children by completing an Operation Kid Comfort quilt. Under the expert guidance of the ASYMCA’s volunteer quilters the quilt tops are completed. The quilts are later quilted by the volunteer quilters then shipped to the deserving military children separated by deployment. Thank you SAIC for your support!

Fifty + quilters will be making Operation Kid Comfort quilts at an all-day Quilt-a-Thon. These quilters chose to serve our military families by making an Operation Kid Comfort quilt.

• Oct 27^th from 9am until finish
• All Saints Lutheran Church

16510 Mount Oak Road

Bowie, MD 20716

Anyone interested in joining the Operation Kid Comfort Quilt-a-Thon please forward an email to Sharron.Sample@gmail.com

Please save the date and dine with us at the Old Country Buffet to Benefit Military Children and Operation Outdoors!

Thanks to Buffets Inc and the Old Country Buffet, if you dine here anytime on Saturday, November 3rd, The Benefit is a  daylong event scheduled for 11/3, which is a Saturday and the grand re-opening day for the restaurant. So please join us to see the beautiful new restaurant and they will donate 15 percent of ALL consumer sales from open to close that day!

Please join us anytime from  7am to 10pm at  the reopening of the Old Country Buffet

2942 Prince William Pkwy

Woodbridge, VA 22192

Don’t Forget, their new Military Discount Program:

http://www.oldcountrybuffet.com/promotions/armedServicesYMCA

The Armed Services YMCA’s Operation Kid Comfort Team was invited to return to the SAIC  this October  and November for additional volunteer projects. At these events, the SAIC employees and volunteer quilters join forces to serve our deployed military service member’s children by completing an Operation Kid Comfort quilt. Under the expert guidance of the ASYMCA’s volunteer quilters the quilt tops are completed. The quilts are later quilted by the volunteer quilters then shipped to the deserving military children separated by deployment. Thank you SAIC for your support!

17 University of Georgia students are traveling to our Nation’s Capital to serve our military families. The university  students choose one of their days to make Operation Kid Comfort quilts.

• Dec 18^th from 9am—3pm

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl renews charitable partnership with Armed Services YMCA

The Armed Services YMCA (ASYMCA) has once again joined forces with the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl for the 2012 postseason bowl game as one of the bowl’s official charity partners.

“We are very thankful Armed Services YMCA has chosen to continue to work with us,” said Brant Ringler, executive director of the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl. “Through their innovative programs, the Armed Services YMCA makes military life easier for young enlisted military and their families.

The Armed Services YMCA offers no and low-cost programs for nearly 500,000 active-duty enlisted military and their families each year at 33 branches and affiliates with hands on innovative programming nationwide with the help of 18,000 volunteers. The Armed Services YMCA was rated in the top 3% of charities nationwide by Charity Navigator in 2011. The ASYMCA does not receive government funding, and does not charge dues or membership fees for their programs. Your tax deductible donation (Tax ID #36-3274346) or CFC contribution (CFC # 11085) to the ASYMCA, a top-rated non-profit, will make a significant difference in the lives of young military service members and their families.

“The Armed Services YMCA is proud and extremely grateful for the opportunity to partner with Bell Helicopter and the Armed Forces Bowl for the second straight year. With their considerable help, we will be able to provide 500 troops and families representing all Services from multiple bases around the country the opportunity to attend the 10^th Armed Forces Bowl,” said President and CEO of the Armed Services YMCA, Mike Landers. “A consistently strong partner of the ASYMCA, Bell’s continued support of American service members and their families definitely helps make military life easier for these young heroes.”

Owned and operated by ESPN Regional Television (ERT), the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl has featured the “armed forces” theme since 2006. Patriotic overtones recognizing all five branches of the service are prevalent throughout the game. Past Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowls have included fan-fest areas showcasing armed forces hardware; flyovers; demonstrations by several of the military’s top skydiving teams; the awarding of custom homes to wounded warriors; on-field induction ceremonies; armed forces bands and honor guards the awarding of the annual Great American Patriot Award presented by Armed Forces Insurance; and the Armed Forces Merit Award presented by the Football Writers Association of America. For additional information about the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, please visit ArmedForcesBowl.com, Facebook.com/ArmedForcesBowl or Twitter.com/ArmedForcesBowl.

The 10^th anniversary Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl will be played on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012 at 10:45 a.m. (CT) at the newly-renovated Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas. The game will air on ESPN and ESPN Radio.

Tickets for the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl are on sale now. With prices starting as low as $20 a ticket and ranging up to $150 for a Bud Light Platinum Club seat, tickets can be selected and purchased through the bowl’s web site at www.ArmedForcesBowl.com. Armed forces veterans and active duty personnel can also request their complimentary tickets through the bowl’s web site, or by calling the bowl office at 817-810-0012. Complimentary armed forces tickets are available via the bowl’s corporate military ticket underwriting program while supplies last.